[2] Mycocentrospora acerina causes an important post-harvest disease named "liquorice rot" in carrots which have been the most studied host.

During the growing stage of carrots, the pathogen can cause damping-off and death of seedlings, stunting, early senescence, and leaf lesions that are brown necrotic flecks.

The chlamydospore is a thick walled, dark pigmented resting spore that overwinters in the soil or plant debris and can stay dormant for several years without losing viability.

On the surface the chlamydospore will produce a short germ tube with terminal conidia attached that will disperse through water and infect a leaf.

The temperate climate leads to long refrigeration time for the carrots that induces the storage rot.